Putney Music past progs

	2007
Sep 18	"2007 The Year of Elgar." Author and Biographer Michael Kennedy in conversation with Vice- President, David Mellor.
Oct 1	An evening with opera singer, soprano Elizabeth Gale.*
Oct 15	"Music - a constant thread in my Life" Vernon Ellis, Chairman of the English National Opera.*
Oct 29 *	Vice-President, John Amis on " Bernard Hermann, Igor Stravinsky, Malcolm Arnold and Gerard Hoffnung". *
Nov 5	Vice-President, Piers Burton-Page spends an evening in the company of Norman Lebrecht - music critic for the Evening Standard.
Nov 19	Vice-President, Piers Lane, in conversation with record producer Andrew Keenen.
Dec 3	"Belay there and give them a shot". A talk by baritone, Adrian Thompson.
Dec 17	Annual Social Evening with buffet, wine, music quiz and raffle.
	2008
Jan 7	" Looking after a Legacy." Lady MacMillan talking to Clement Crisp, the eminent ballet critic about her late husband, choreographer Sir Kenneth MacMillan.
Jan 21	"Music and Film". A talk by composer, Patrick Doyle.
Feb 4	James Bowman, counter tenor, interviewed by Dr. Robert Philip.
Feb 18	"Dr. Jill White's Life in Music from opera singer to Director of Music of National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, via senior BBC Radio 3 Music Production."
Mar 3	Christopher Nourse, dance and arts administrator, and administrator of the National Dance Awards talks .
Mar 17	Malcolm Simpson, talking about Brass Bands.
Mar 31	Vice-President, David Mellor, tells us about Vaughan Williams.
April 14	April Annual General Meeting followed by wine, buffet and raffle.

*These programmes form part of the
Wandsworth Arts Festival 2007

2008 - 2009 Programme

	2008
Sep 15	Lawrence Power, viola. One of the foremost violists of today.
Sep 29	David Syrus, Head of Music, The Royal Opera, in conversation with Vice-President, Piers Burton-Page.
Oct 6	Teresa Cahill, internationally famous soprano. "A Musical Pygmalion."
Oct 20	Vice-President, John Amis. "Britten and Tippett: two friends, their lives and their music."
Nov 3	Vice President, Piers Lane will interview Margaret Howard, famous as presenter of 'Pick of the Week', about her life as a broadcaster for Radio 3 and Classic FM. Margaret Howard will give an inside view of broadcasting and of famous names she has interviewed over the years.
Nov 17	"Beethoven the Visionary." Our President, David Cairns, explores the great composer's intimations of imortality.
Dec 1	Vice-President, Ian Partridge, together with his sister and accompanist, Jennifer Partridge, talk about their lives and relationship in music
Dec 15	Annual Social Evening with buffet, wine, music quiz and raffle.
	2009
Jan 5	Sheila Hayman, great, great, great niece of Mendelssohn, talks about her famous ancestor.
Jan 19	"Monday - must be Chicago." The pianist, David Owen Norris, reflects on his musical travels.
Feb 2	English composer, John Rutter. "Confessions of a Composer." MEETING CANCELLED BECAUSE OF SNOW
Feb 16	Ray and Nick Carpenter - father and son, who together have held the Principal Clarinettist's Chair in the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra for the past 30 years, speak about their lives and music with Anda Anastasescu.
Mar 2	Dame Janet Ritterman. "Full of life all the time." The Royal College of Music through the eyes of a former Director.
Mar 16	Film Director,Tony Palmer, with a mystery guest.
Mar 30	Mendelssohn. "So much more than a talent to amuse." Vice-President, David Mellor, offers a 200th anniversary assessment.
April 6	"Seeking Haydn." Vice-President, Piers Burton-Page, celebrates the Haydn Bicentenary with a tour in words and music of some of the places in Austria associated with this many-sided composer. *
April 20	Annual General Meeting followed by wine, buffet and raffle.

	2009
Sept 21	Sir David Willcocks, renowned choral conductor, organist and composer - "A Life in Music".
Oct 5	Debra Craine, Deputy Arts Editor and Chief Dance Critic of The Times and Judith Mackrell, Dance Critic of the Guardian, speak about their passion for dance.
Oct 19	Dame Antoinette Sibley, prima ballerina, in conversation with noted ballet critic, Clement Crisp.
Nov 2	Eminent mezzo-soprano Felicity Palmer, with Vice-President Ian Partridge.
Nov 16	Stephen Carpenter, Chief Executive of the OAE - "Behind the scenes at the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment".
Nov 30	"The producer was furious........everyone liked the music. " An evening with composer Carl Davis.
Dec 7*	Ryland Davies, distinguished tenor, speaks about his career. "Have voice. Must travel!".
Dec 12	Annual Social Evening with buffet, wine, music quiz and raffle.
	2010
Jan 4	"By gut instinct: the varied life of a viola player." Annette Isserlis of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment with David Cairns, our President.
Jan 18	David McVicar, noted opera producer, in conversation with Vice-President Piers Burton-Page.
Feb 1	Vice-President David Mellor discusses the music of Chopin.
Feb 15	Vice-President Piers Lane with his guest, the renowned Japanese pianist, Noriko Ogawa.
Mar 1	John Rutter - "Confessions of a composer".
Mar 15	Jane Glover, conductor, author, and Artistic Director of Opera at the Royal Academy of Music, in conversation with Vice-President Piers Burton-Page.
Mar 29	Vice-President John Amis talks about Prokofiev.
Apr 12	Dame Anne Evans, distinguished soprano with John Lucas, biographer of Beecham and Goodall.
Apr 26	Annual General Meeting followed by wine, buffet and raffle.
May 16	Putney Music sixtieth birthday celebratory river cruise.

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